barbera

From Italian barbera.

barbera (countable and uncountable, plural barberas)

1. An Italian grape variety grown for use in red wine, or a wine made from such grapes.
   • 2003 May 9, Laura Levy Shatkin, “Wine and Dine”, in Chicago Reader‎^[1]:

     This barbera grape, one of the predominant varieties in Italy's northwest Piemonte region, is grown in the town of Alba.

   • 2007 May 30, Florence Fabricant, “An Earthy Mushroom Pasta Sauce With Piquant Cheese for an Earthy, Truffly Wine”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     (Your barbera will do nicely.)

• Arabber, arabber

Borrowed from Spanish barbera.

• IPA^(key): /baɾˈbeɾa/ [baɾˈbe.ɾa]
• Hyphenation: baɹ‧be‧ɹa

barbéra (Basahan spelling ᜊᜍ᜔ᜊᜒᜍ)

1. female equivalent of barbero (“barber”)

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barbera

1. third-person singular simple future of barber

• barbare

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• IPA^(key): /baɹˈbɛ.ɹa/
• Rhymes: -ɛɹa

barbera m (invariable)

1. a grape variety from Piedmont
2. a dry red wine made from these grapes

• barbare

• barbere (e- and split infinitives)

From barber +‎ -a.

barbera (present tense barberer, past tense barberte, past participle barbert, passive infinitive barberast, present participle barberande, imperative barber)

1. to shave (remove hair, usually with a razor)
2. (reflexive) to shave oneself

• “barbera” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /baɾˈbeɾa/ [baɾˈβ̞e.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -eɾa
• Syllabification: bar‧be‧ra

barbera f (plural barberas)

1. female equivalent of barbero (“barber”)
2. barber's wife
3. razor, cut-throat razor

   Synonyms: navaja de afeitar, navaja barbera

• “barbero”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

barbera (present barberar, preterite barberade, supine barberat, imperative barbera)

1. to barber, to cut hair

• barberare

• klippa (klippa sig, klippa håret)